Every once in a while, a photo appears in the mainstream press which deserves comment.

Smarting from a summer of virulently anti-capitalist, anti-globalist, anti-well-just-about-everything sentiment, the Gods of the free market pantheon gathered at a recent half day seminar on the causes of the financial crisis to discuss and debate ...

Last week was terrible! Things were looking good on the Sunday, when Gordon gave his opening speech to a conference with almost nobody there. I mean, he looked like a complete twat, standing there talking to no-one. It was great!

As I write this, in a real sucker punch, the FTSE is up 10% so far today. Hooray, the world is saved! Or not.

The last three months of 2009 seem likely to be exciting ...

Britain is in a state of collapse. That must seem like a redundant statement, since just about everyone recognises it. Things are getting bad enough that even our immigration "problem" seems to be solving itself.

History is a cyclic poem written by time upon the memories of man.  - Percy Bysshe Shelley

The Ministry of Justice has this to say about the Constitution - The British Constitution is not, as it is in many countries, a ‘written constitution’. It is not codified in a single document but is made up of a complex web of statutes ...

He that soweth the good seed is the Son of man; The field is the world; the good seed are the children of the kingdom; but the tares are the children of the wicked one; The enemy that sowed them is the devil; the harvest is the end of the world ...

"Just look at all the support which the NHS has received on Twitter over the last couple of days", was the soundbite to be heard from the Cabbage Patch twit over the weekend.

When power leads man towards arrogance, poetry reminds him of his limitations. When power narrows the area of man's concern, poetry reminds him of the richness and diversity of existence. When power corrupts, poetry cleanses. - John F Kennedy ...

Who could have missed the MPs expenses "scandal." Anyone who believes that the details of MPs receipts were leaked to the Telegraph by a someone with any sense of duty is nuts. This is classic "problem-reaction-solution." The problem of corruption ...

When a good friend and confidant of mine in The City told me that MTO alumnus and highly respected military personage, Sir Jock Stirrup, was due to speak at a breakfast engagement at the Merchant Taylors' Guildhall on Threadneedle St, naturally I ...

The trouble with establishing a dictatorship through stealth is that people both within and without the system begin to protest.

But know this, that in the last days perilous times will come: For men will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, unloving, unforgiving, slanderers, without self ...